A Chinese robot has surpassed Usain Bolt’s 100-metre world-record time at the World Humanoid Robot Games, capping a year of rapid advances in humanoid robotics. The milestone e comes as China ramps up investment in humanoid robotics, a sector Beijing considers strategically important. Is this simply a demonstration, or an early warning about where the balance of technological power is heading? Technology analyst and former White House advisor Lindsay Gorman joins us to assess the implications.
Chapters:
00:00 Is China leading the global robotics race?
01:21 Introducing Lindsay Gorman, technology analyst
03:09 Robots making giant strides in sports
05:15 The humanoid robots’ next steps
06:45 The use of robotics in surgery and warfare
07:33 Can robots do the washing up for us?
08:05 Unitree founder: robots will soon be part of our daily lives
08:44 China vs US: who is winning the robot race?
11:17 What is China’s goal?
12:51 The geopolitical imbalance of the robotics industry
14:56 Lindsay tells us that western robotics firms are way behind China
16:55 Humanoid robot soldiers on the battlefield?
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